Weather

Winter Storm Watch issued February 28 at 10:54PM CST until March 03 at 6:00AM CST by NWS

Effective: 10:54 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014

Expires: 6 a.m. on Monday, March 3, 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND....A WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SLEET...FREEZING RAIN ANDSNOW TO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THEHIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURIGENERALLY SOUTH OF U.S. 60. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATION WILLGENERALLY OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. THE HIGHEST SLEETACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR GENERALLY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THEINTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO ASHIFT IN THE POSITION OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FRONTGIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG TEMPERATURE CONTRAST FROM NORTH TOSOUTH. CHANGES IN THE FORECAST SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS NEW DATABECOMES AVAILABLE.BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT THE REGION EARLY NEXTWEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITHHIGHS IN THE TEENS AND 20S...AND LOWS POSSIBLY CLOSE TO ZERO.WIND CHILLS AROUND 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTHSUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS.PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS AREENCOURAGED TO REMAIN WEATHER AWARE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ANDCHECK BACK OFTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION....WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENINGTHROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THEMISSOURI OZARKS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF MORE THANSIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. 54...WITHSNOW FALLING SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTSWILL DECREASE FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD I-44 WHERE A FEW INCHES OFACCUMULATING SNOW ARE EXPECTED.SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE HEAVIEST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THEI-44 CORRIDOR WHERE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET MAY FALL.* ICE ACCUMULATION...FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION ISEXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA STARTING SATURDAY EVENING.POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS FARSOUTHERN MISSOURI GENERALLY SOUTH OF U.S. 60.* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS COULD GUST BETWEEN 20 AND30 MPH AT TIMES COULD RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW.* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT INDANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ONTREES AND POWER LINES WITH LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLEMAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.